Movies

A children's show! It will be fun! I recall those old movies I used to watch as a kid when a bunch of young folks would get together in the barn & put on a spectacular production. Shades of the old Judy Garland/Andy Rooney/Little Rascals movies. Th...

It's Tuesday(!) & that means it's "Montana History" Reading tonight up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I'll be there at 6 sharp to finish up reading our Glacier Park book, "Glacier From the Inside Out" & I'm bummed that this great collection of stories from former Glacier Park employees is coming to an end so soon. We onl...

Tomorrow morning, Saturday, on Puffman Sports Trivia, I'll be giving away the new Jackie Robinson book, "How to Be Like Jackie Robinson: Life Lessons from Baseball's Greatest Hero". Author & legend Pat Williams, a senior VP of the Orlando Magic along with sports columnist Mike Sielski have put together this tome along with a foreword by Allan "Bud" Selig, Commissioner of Ba

American movies are big business overseas, but occasionally they require a little tweaking -- overdubs, subtitles, etc. -- to make them more suitable for foreign markets. Sometimes they even undergo a name change with hilarious (and head scratching) results.

One way would be by reading the book, "Voice Acting For Dummies! Stephanie Ciccarelli & David Ciccarelli, Founders, Voices.com, have come up with a "book for dummies" to learn how to: get into character, create a demo, prepare for an audition, & land their dream role! Voice ...

I don't often read "westerns", but I've come across a really engrossing neat page turner, or in this case, a page "BURNER" penned by my friend Bill Yenne. Yenne's new book is the 1st in a new series titled "Bladen Cole: Bounty Hunter" & it takes place & is happening & hopping right out here in Montana, including this area of north central Montana. Bladen C

My Saturday morning "Sports Trivia" tomorrow morning at 7:30 is not only sports oriented, it's musical triviaoriented too. I'll be giving away a new book I blogged about earlier in the week. The book is Benjamin Busch's riveting read, "Dust To Dust"...

I just finished reading an outstanding book on one of my real heroes...F. Scott Fitzgerald. Through the years, I've read everything I could my hands on about Fitzgerald, along with many of his books. In fact, I've had the opportunity to tour Fitzgerald's old neighborhood on Summit Avenue in St Paul, which, by the way, is the same neighborhood where the  "Empire Builder", Great Northern R

Whenever the Pondera Players put on one of their presentations, it's ALWAYS outstanding. Talk about talent! This week, Tuesday & Thursday evenings down at the Conrad Library, the Pondera Players will be holding auditions for one of the all time favorites, "Arsenic & Old Lace". "Arsen...

Nicholas Evans, author of the blockbuster novel, "The Horse Whisperer, is back with his 1st novel in years & it's a fascinating read. Check out "The Brave" next time you're in a book store. "The Brave" is a moving novel about fathers, sons, & family secrets & tells the story of isolated documentary filmmaker & writer, Tom Bedford, who lives alone in Montana

Actually it's a WHALE of a True Tale from the Gab Man, Peter Franklin-the Gabby Cabby. Pete will be joining me tomorrow (Saturday) morning around 9:30 for our 1st broadcast of the new year. I haven't called Pete lately, it seems like (1) I upset him or (2) he upsets me whenever we talk...

'This is 40' is a hilarious new comedy starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as an older version of the couple they played in the equally funny 'Knocked Up.' It's basically an entertaining take on how married couples deal with life once they hit the daunting 4-0. Sure, things can get hard once you get up to that fourth decade, but we can't overlook the tough challenges one faces in the younger years.